Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.29.75
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“By virtue of the processes of the subtle body, the living entity develops and gives up gross bodies. This is known as the transmigration of the soul. Thus the soul becomes subjected to different types of so-called enjoyment, lamentation, fear, happiness and unhappiness.”
What the purport teaches
- Through the processes of the subtle body, the soul accepts and gives up gross bodies. This transmigration brings so-called enjoyment, lamentation, fear, happiness and unhappiness.
- Desires for material sense gratification pollute the mind and deepen material entanglement. Always thinking of Kṛṣṇa through devotional service restores one’s original spiritual existence.
- One should engage in the Lord’s devotional service, worship the Deity and offer obeisances to the spiritual master and the Deity. Understanding the soul’s passage from body to body requires authorized teaching received through disciplic succession.
Try this today
Offer a respectful bow to Kṛṣṇa today and ask to remain engaged in His devotional service.
Ask yourself
What simple act of devotion can help me remember Kṛṣṇa today?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.